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Staff of the month - Mahfuza from Tajikistan

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Mahfuza Sharipova

Mahfuza first came into contact with Operation Mercy in Khujand, Tajikistan, when she was searching for advice with her own daughter Maftuna, who has epilepsy. In that time, she not only learned how to better care for her daughter, but she also got to know the work of Operation Mercy in the “All About Children” project.

In October 2007 she began to work in this project, which exists to assist children who have a disability to reach their full potential intellectually, physically, and socially. When the former Project Manager of AAC left in June 2010, Mahfuza, who was working in the Early Intervention program, was one of two employees chosen to share the responsibility of leadership as co-coordinators. During this period, the project saw significant increases both in the number of beneficiaries and scope of work.

By the end of 2010, over 100 children with disabilities were receiving services from the AAC project every week. AAC staff opened up activities in new locations and now lead various training seminars for teachers and school directors. Mahfuza’s hard work and drive to help these children was a large factor in the success in the project during this time.

In January 2011, Mahfuza was promoted to Project Manager, and is now responsible for a growing project with over 15 employees that reach an increasing number of children in various locations in Northern Tajikistan. As Mahfuza has earned increasing responsibility, she has continued to show her dedication to the values of the project and a desire to reach as many children as possible with quality services. Mahfuza has often shown initiative in her work by proposing new ideas, then working to implement them. It is with great pleasure that I nominate Mahfuza Sharipova for Operation Mercy employee of the month.

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